Architecture, castles and historic districts

Noordeinde NL - 2514 GA Den Haag

This palace, also called Het Oude Hof, dates from the 16th and 17th Centuries and has two wings at right-angles to the main building. First occupied by Louise de Coligny, widow of William the Silent, then by her sons, the princes Maurice and Frederic..

Religious buildings

Noordeinde 25 NL - 2513 BH Den Haag

Louis Napoleon financed the construction of this church for the French-speaking protestant community of the Hague. These protestants were the descendants of persecuted Huguenots and before the 19th Century they worshipped in a chapel in the castle. N..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

NL - 2514 EM Den Haag

Johan de Witt was hung on this square, along with his brother Cornelis. The event was immortalised by Alexandre Dumas the Elder in the first chapter of The Black Tulip. A statue of Johan de Witt stands in the middle of the square to commemorate the e..

Museums and art

Buitenhof 33 NL - 2513 AH Den Haag

This museum is in the intriguing setting of a former prison. The 13th Century fortified gate was once part of the Binnenhof castle. It was turned into a prison in the 15th Century and a number of illustrious Dutchmen have been incarcerated within its..

Museums and art

NL - 2513 AH Den Haag

This gallery of paintings occupies the second floor of the house beside the Prison Gate. Started in 1773 and reflecting the taste of William V, the collection is mostly made up of 17th Century landscapes. Bequeathed to the state in 1815 by William I,..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

NL - 2513 AL Den Haag

Groenmarkt is the Hague's central square, where the City Hall and Great Church stand side by side. Several pedestrian streets leave the square: the Paleispromenade to the north, and to the south, De Passage, a broad covered arcade built in 1880.

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Nieuwstraat NL - 2511 AT Den Haag

This small building retains a pleasing 16th Century facade with a stepped gable. The 18th Century lateral wall is elegantly decorated and has a thought-provoking Latin inscription Ne Jupiter Quidem Omnibus (Even Jupiter cannot satisfy everyone). Two ..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Carnegieplein 2 NL - 2517 KJ Den Haag

The Palace of Peace was inaugurated on August 28 1913, a year before the start of the First World War. The architect, Cordonnier, came from Lille in France. First created to house the permanent Court of Arbitration, it was taken over in 1922 by the p..

Museums and art

Stadhouderslaan 37 NL - 2517 HV Den Haag

This modern, didactic museum has displays relating to the Earth's origins, to geology, biology, and ethnology, as well as to technology and physics. Everything anyone ever wanted to know about volcanoes, mountains, plains, oceans, earthquakes, plate ..

Museums and art

President Kennedylaan 5 NL - 2517 JK Den Haag

This amphitheatre, also a planetarium, has a giant screen covering an area of 840 m², which easily carries the spectator into the world of science, astronomy and flight. Two projection systems (Omnimax 70 mm and the computerised planetary projector D..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

Churchillplein 10 NL - 2517 JR Den Haag

The Convention Centre, built to designs by J.J.P. Oud, was completed by his son in 1968. It is an enormous complex with walls surfaced in yellow bricks and sky-blue tiles, topped with a 17 storey triangular tower. On the north side, the red and blue ..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

NL - 2594 AB Den Haag

This palace was built in the 17th Century by Pieter Post for Amalia de Solms, widow of Prince Frederick Henry of Orange. This is where the first Conference for Peace was held in 1899. Huis ten Bosch is occupied today by Queen Beatrix.

Nature and gardens

NL - 2587 AA Den Haag

This park is surrounded by ponds (where boating is possible) and is famous for its rose garden, the venue for an annual international show. It is a very pleasant place to wander, with its beautiful flowers and plants, its peaceful atmosphere and its ..

Nature and gardens

NL - 2597 AM Den Haag

Formerly a piece of privately owned parkland, St Annalands Clingendael is a huge green space made up of shaded meadowlands and numerous ponds. It is relaxing and peaceful, full of a specially beautiful light on some fine days, and also has a charming..

Architecture, castles and historic districts

NL - 2512 BL Den Haag

This hospice, built at the beginning of the 17th Century, is a charming enclosure of low houses, themselves surmounted by stepped dormers. The philosopher Spinoza ended his days at number 74, and his statue stands opposite the house.

Museums and art

Prinsessegracht 30 NL - 2514 AP Den Haag

This museum on the Prinsessegracht contains the Baron Westreenen's collections. The ground floor is generally given over to an exhibition of books. In the library, on the first floor, there are manuscripts and incunabula from the Medieval period. The..

Nature and gardens

NL - 2513 AC Den Haag

The Korte Vijverberg provides a fine view over the rectangular basin where the windows of the Chamber of Truces and the First Chamber are reflected in the water, as is the Mauritshuis, the Prime Minister's octagonal tower. An elegant jet of water ris..

Religious buildings

NL - 2513 AM Den Haag

This large brick church was built around 1450. Today it is used as a venue for trade and cultural events. There is a peal of 51 bells in the tower. The church has three naves of equal height, roofed with a timber vault. In the choir, which was built ..